It's August, and a chance encounter; boredom creates an intertwined tale, whose secrets will only be revealed in the final pages.
A narrative game that explores the bodies of the characters, the indifferent body of the city, and the specters of wandering thoughts, searching for the body of writing.
Two friends, both born vagabonds, meet in a downtown Cairo café. Life takes them on a long journey of contemplation and despair. In their seemingly ordinary café chat, everything transforms into something truly extraordinary.
A vagabond. He and a city ablaze with events, and a mind teeming with thoughts and reflections, are met by an inspired woman who transforms into a heroine in each of their imaginations, thus changing the course of the two friends forever.
In this exquisite novel, the writer Mahmoud Abdel Shakour stands as a witness to the conscience of Cairo through his characters, and the city remains present in details that reflect the duality of reality and imagination.